WW5: Ah, Motherland!

Mother of God
a Wonder Women project at _gaia

Who is the Mother of God? What does she have to do with art? With feminism? With me?

Wonder Women invites you to participate in a residency program to engage in discussion about your work, our cultural climate, the history of art, feminism, and social change. Weekly discussions will address issues related to feminism, gender, spirituality, and historical/contemporary iconography as they relate to art practice. Each participant is encouraged to bring as much as possible to the group, including readings, artist heroes, feminist heroes, ideas, etc.

Every Sunday, beginning January 7th through February 11th accepted applicants will meet as a group at _gaia studio in Hoboken to discuss current social issues and topics brought forth by participants. There will be a brown bag lunch each Sunday with group discussion and critique of works in progress. All accepted applicants must commit to all Sunday meetings. At the end of the program there will be a group exhibition, date and location to be determined.

Link to call for entries (.pdf)

Wonder Women: Explorations of the Subconscious Hero opened on May 30th, 2006 and closed on June 23rd, 2006. By all accounts, the show was a success and congratulations are deserved to all artists; Jennifer Carpenter, Borah Chung, Jaz Graf, Mary Jeys, Jarah Moesch, Molly Sullivan, and Stephanie Werthman; and curators Doris Cacoilo and Ingrid Dahl.

the notion of wanting to be “wonder woman” or be like her peaks in childhood. For me, around the age of 7 or 8. I remember running around my garage in my wonder woman panties and (original) “wonder” bra…thinking of myself as a super hero, that only existed for myself. i remember wanting to celebrate that and share that. Then, my neighbor, this 13 or 14 year old boy kicked me in the stomach and knocked the wind outta me. The next thing I knew, I was clutching my stomach and repeatedly gasping for air like an idiot. at that moment, my body was not in my control. Wonder woman is a little girl.